Re: bug reporting/fixing stats

On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 15:16:31 -0500, Greg Beaver wrote: > Helgi Þormar Þorbjörnsson wrote: >> On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 00:34:46 -0500, Gregory Beaver wrote: >> >>> Lukas Kahwe Smith wrote: >>>> Gregory Beaver wrote: >>>>> Lukas Kahwe Smith wrote: >>>>>> Gregory Beaver wrote: >>>>>>> Hi all, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The bug fixing stats at >>>>>>> http://pear.php.net/bugs/stats.php#devs >>>>>>> have been updated to implement two interesting feature requests by >>>>>>> Tim Jackson. Now, you can see bug fixing activity of the last >>>>>>> month per developer, as well as bug reporting/commenting activity, >>>>>>> which can be used as a rough gauge of developer activity in the >>>>>>> bug tracker. >>>>>> hmm .. 35 comments on bug reports .. seems a bit low for me. >>>>> Have you changed email recently? I ran a script that updated the >>>>> stats based on the current email address. If you let me know the >>>>> other addresses you've used to open/comment on bugs, I'll update the >>>>> db. >>>> ah good point .. i probably used a few different email addresses ... >>>> anyways .. that seems like a flaw in the "system" .. >>> One of the reasons statistics like these are best used as side >>> information or to corroborate other information. The awareness that >>> statistics don't give the complete picture is important. Not knowing >>> any of the statistics does not make one wiser in my opinion, otherwise >>> I wouldn't have implemented the feature. >>> >>> I'm serious - if anyone sees a clear discrepancy, I would like to know >>> past emails I can use to update the database. It's a 1-liner query >>> per email address, and so well worth the effort on my end. >>> >>> Greg >> >> Would it be too much problem to just have a list of emails attached to >> the users table ? :) comma sep field, well probably a lot more hazzle >> than your way, I'll mail you my emails later tonight > > Hi Helgi, > > In terms of attaching a list of emails, no, don't think we're going to > do that :). It would require substantial changes to the way things are > mailed, and you would get copies of bugs, patches, etc. sent to all > email addresses. I don't think there is anyone who wants that to > happen, and the problem of statistics only applies to the past. All > future bugs are auto-correlated by handle with a user, so that the email > address can change and the bug will still be credited to the proper > person. Actually wasn't meant as the email field which the site would use for day to day things, only brain farting >> Another interesting thing to implement, I've closed countless bugs in >> the past, pretty sure it might be over what the is shown on the site >> currently, wouldn't it be best that if I (my email address) closed a >> bug report but no one is assigned than it will be counted that I closed >> it ? Might give use somewhat more accurate stats if this is not being >> done already :) > > I already ran a script that assigned closed bugs to the last comment, > and then manually went through the 1000 bugs that were left over that > had not been assigned, and was able to determine the fixer for all but > about 13 bugs. So, the fixed bugs tally is as accurate as it will get, > unless the people who fixed the few remaining unassigned closed bugs go > in and assign it to themselves. Yes, it took a long time, and no, I > don't want to repeat that effort in the near future if possible :) Ohh and here I was being pretty darn sure I closed a tad more bugs than 100 :-) Ohh well -- There are no stupid questions, only stupid people